WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:26.400 Here's Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, private detective. 00:26.400 --> 00:44.280 Hello there, my name's Diamond. If you spotted me on the street, you'd probably figure me for an 00:44.280 --> 00:50.240 average working man, but you'd be wrong. I fit the description all right because I break my back six 00:50.240 --> 00:56.080 days a week to keep my piggy bank nice and stuffed. But my occupation puts me in a class by myself. 00:56.080 --> 01:02.680 I'm a private honey nothing in this world but detective. You probably say, 01:02.680 --> 01:06.080 so what the average working man comes under the heading of a lot of different jobs, 01:06.080 --> 01:12.080 and you'd be right on that count. But there's one little thing that puts me in the class all by 01:12.080 --> 01:21.160 myself, trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Average John Doe work six days a week to keep clear of it. I put in the 01:21.160 --> 01:27.440 same time playing footsies with it. It's a kind of silent partner with references dating all the way 01:27.440 --> 01:33.160 back to the year one. People get in trouble every second and I count on a small percentage to come 01:33.160 --> 01:39.920 to me to get them out of it. The rest, odds and good advertising. As an example, take the other 01:39.920 --> 01:44.920 night in a little bistro over on 48th Street. A couple of guys sitting at a back table were 01:44.920 --> 01:50.560 getting set for a special brand of trouble. The big kind that you find under the heading of murder. 01:50.560 --> 01:56.360 Oh bird old boy, this is turning out to be a wonderful evening. I'm glad you're enjoying it George. 01:56.360 --> 02:04.000 Yes. Hey, who's a blonde over there in the booth? I've never seen her before but she's cute. 02:04.000 --> 02:09.120 Yeah, she sure is. Good evening baby. George, George, take it easy. Maybe she's waiting for 02:09.120 --> 02:15.200 someone. Oh don't be silly. Look she's smiling. Let's ask her over to the table. I still think 02:15.200 --> 02:19.520 she's waiting for someone. If you want to take the chance, go ahead you ask her. All right I will. 02:19.520 --> 02:30.440 I said good evening. Good evening. My friend and I noticed you were sitting alone and we 02:30.440 --> 02:36.560 wondered if you'd join us. Oh I don't believe I can. You see. Oh please, just for a few drinks? 02:36.560 --> 02:43.440 No really. Thank you, just the same. Well if you say so but I'll be unhappy for the rest of the evening. 02:43.440 --> 02:48.800 Hi baby. Tony. I'm sorry I took so long. Hey who's this guy? Not Tony. I said who's the guy? 02:48.800 --> 02:53.280 If you'll excuse me. No you wait a minute. George, come on I think we'd better leave. This guy a 02:53.280 --> 02:58.160 friend of yours? Yes he is. Was this guy making a pitch name? No, he only asked me over for a drink. 02:58.160 --> 03:03.400 Oh he did huh? Now wait a minute pal. Please I made a mistake. I'm sorry. So you made a mistake. 03:03.400 --> 03:09.640 Well I don't like jokers that try and pick up my girls. Hey wait a minute. You didn't have to slug 03:09.640 --> 03:20.800 them. Maybe you'd like to do something about it. Maybe I would. That's the first time Tony ended up on 03:20.800 --> 03:27.160 the short end of a fight in a long time. You all right George? Yes I think I cut my head. Yeah you're bleeding 03:27.160 --> 03:31.160 all over the place. You better get out of here mister. I saw the manager duck in the back room. 03:31.160 --> 03:36.920 He's probably calling the cops. Here let me give you a hand George. Here now take my hat and wear it over the 03:36.920 --> 03:42.280 cut until you get home. I'm getting out here too. You want me to drop you off? What about your boyfriend? 03:42.280 --> 03:47.400 He's still unconscious. He was that way when I met him. He wants a lift or not? Yeah what about you 03:47.400 --> 03:51.640 Bird? Oh I'll be all right. Now go on let her take you somewhere so you can get cleaned up. I'll grab a 03:51.640 --> 03:56.520 cab and head for my place. I'll call you in the morning. But I don't want to. Now stop arguing you can't afford a scandal. 03:56.520 --> 04:10.920 All right. Come on honey let's go. 04:11.640 --> 04:18.360 Well this very nice apartment. You better go get cleaned up. Back to that room. I'll get a couple of drinks. 04:18.360 --> 04:21.960 I can sure use a drink. That won't be long. Take your time. 04:21.960 --> 04:27.960 Yes. Tony get out of here. Where is that guy? Come on get out of here. Why you cheap little. 04:27.960 --> 04:35.960 I'll beat it out of you. Let go of me. It can't stop me. You take your hands off her. I'll kill the both of you. 04:35.960 --> 04:41.960 Help. There's a gun in the desk. A gun? All right. I'll wring your little neck. 04:41.960 --> 04:52.280 All right I'll wring your little neck. You shot him. I did? You better get out of here. 04:52.280 --> 04:59.480 Yeah but what about you? Go on get out while you can. I'll think of something. Yes. Leave the gun. 04:59.480 --> 05:13.000 I'll throw it in the river or something. All right. Now go on beat it. You just killed a man. 05:21.000 --> 05:27.320 Yeah come in. Hi Mr. Diamond. Well Hennessy what did you do? Wreck your cab? 05:27.320 --> 05:33.880 Nah it's down in the front. Hey that's a war magazine you're reading there. Yeah listen to 05:33.880 --> 05:40.360 what it says here about women's bathing suits. Huh? 1949 suits allow maximum exposure to sun. 05:41.080 --> 05:47.960 Note plunging neckline. Note. Who's gonna miss it? If it plunges in the lorid wind up at the bends. 05:47.960 --> 05:53.400 Yeah. Mr. Diamond would you mind shoving it in the drawer? The picture distracts me. 05:53.400 --> 06:01.320 Not at all. I don't blame you Hennessy. Thanks. Now what's on your mind? This. A hat? Yeah. 06:02.040 --> 06:06.280 Well I don't think I can do you much good. What did you bring to me for? I found it in the gutter 06:06.280 --> 06:12.440 over in Flatbush. So what? Some guy loses a hat. Don't tell me you want me to find him. No I just 06:12.440 --> 06:20.040 got to worrying a little you see. I found this beside. Oh or 38. Well let's have a look. Take a 06:20.040 --> 06:27.000 look at the hat too. It's got blood all over the inside. Yeah and initials on the inside. BK. 06:29.000 --> 06:31.880 Gun's been fired. You can still smell the powder in the barrel. 06:32.920 --> 06:37.400 Why didn't you take this to the police? Oh I didn't want to get mixed up in it. You see I got to pick 06:37.400 --> 06:42.200 up as many fares as I can. I ain't got nobody to drive my cab for me and I didn't want to spend a 06:42.200 --> 06:46.280 day answering questions down at headquarters. You understand? Well you'll probably have to anyway. 06:46.280 --> 06:51.240 I'll have to notify them. Yeah? Well I thought maybe you could find out who owned the hat and 06:51.240 --> 06:56.040 maybe solve the case before you notify him you see. That way I wouldn't have to spend too much time. 06:56.040 --> 07:00.280 I could just tell him I found it and beat it. Well I can't withhold evidence. It'd take away my 07:00.280 --> 07:06.520 license and if you did they'd lock you up. Okay I just thought. Well I can check the hat store before 07:06.520 --> 07:10.920 I get to the fifth precinct. Yeah well won't that be a tough job? There's a lot of hat stores. This 07:10.920 --> 07:16.120 hat's got a label. Besides when someone finds a bloody hat with a 38 lying next to it I get 07:16.120 --> 07:22.200 interested. Particularly when there isn't a corpse to go with it. Yeah well I gotta go Mr. Diamond. 07:22.200 --> 07:27.320 Thanks a lot. You got a free ride anytime you want it. I may take up on that. So long Hennessy. 07:29.400 --> 07:34.840 Well there you are. What did I tell you? When you're working with trouble something always shows up. 07:35.960 --> 07:41.640 Sometimes it's just a routine case. A guy knocks off his wife and he comes to you because he 07:41.640 --> 07:47.240 suddenly found out that he had that lonely feeling. Or maybe you get a real screwy one. 07:48.120 --> 07:51.800 A taxidermist that got tired of stuffing animals and went to work on a neighbor. 07:52.760 --> 07:56.680 Or then you get one that gives you the same feeling you get when you pick up a poker hand 07:56.680 --> 08:03.240 and the first four cards you look at are all spades. Well I was holding two cards. A hat with 08:03.240 --> 08:08.120 blood on it. A gun that had been fired and all I needed to fill out the hand was a body. 08:08.120 --> 08:12.440 By all rights I should have taken the evidence right down to my friend Lieutenant Levinson at 08:12.440 --> 08:17.240 homicide. But I didn't have anything to do so I decided to see what kind of pieces I could fit 08:17.240 --> 08:23.080 into the puzzle. The label in the hat was from a store on Fifth Avenue. It wasn't far from my 08:23.080 --> 08:29.080 office so I walked it. Yes sir something I can do for you. Yeah stop munching your sense in and tell 08:29.080 --> 08:34.040 me if this hat is from your store. Well let me see it. These glasses are not telescopes you know. 08:34.040 --> 08:41.560 Yeah here. Well if you're planning to return this merchandise sir I can assure you the store will 08:41.560 --> 08:46.520 not accept it. You've been bleeding on the sweatband. Look Rosebud I just want to know if the hat is 08:46.520 --> 08:51.880 from this store. It most certainly is. It's one of our custom models. Who did you sell it to? If you 08:51.880 --> 08:56.360 found this hat we will be glad to return it to its owner. We are not supposed to give out the names 08:56.360 --> 09:01.240 of our clients. I have a small badge here that should cut this conversation down to a few words. 09:01.240 --> 09:07.400 See oh now would you mind telling me to whom did you sell this hat. Well just because you're a 09:07.400 --> 09:12.120 detective I am not impressed. However under the circumstances I'll give you the buyer's name. 09:12.120 --> 09:17.480 You're a real sport. I suppose you wear a shoulder holster too or is that bulge your tailor's fault. 09:19.480 --> 09:25.880 I really keep a midget in there. You don't say. Yeah he spits through the lapel stupid hat clerks. 09:25.880 --> 09:30.680 Oh really. Now come on bright eyes who bought the hat. Well if you'll just hold your horses. 09:30.680 --> 09:33.240 That's the new line if I ever heard one. Come on bubbles. 09:36.840 --> 09:42.600 Here it is. This hat was sold to a Mr Bertram Kalmas. We make all his hats for him. Well believe 09:42.600 --> 09:50.200 for you what's his address. 430 Sutton Place. Now will that be all sir. Yes that will be all and 09:50.200 --> 09:57.800 thank you. You've been a bric for the whole ugly mess. I left him watering his gardenia and headed 09:57.800 --> 10:03.880 for the residence of one Mr Bertram Kalmas. The apartment house was about 10 blocks away and with 10:03.880 --> 10:09.960 the money I had in my pocket all taxi cabs started looking like iron claws with four wheels. I walked. 10:14.920 --> 10:20.440 Yes. How do you mean that. Yes I don't want any. Oh and I've got a pretty good sales talk. I never 10:20.440 --> 10:25.400 buy anything unless I have a demonstration. My middle name is Semper Paratus. Like the coast 10:25.400 --> 10:29.400 guard I'm always prepared. I suppose I could top that but I'm getting tired of trying to close the 10:29.400 --> 10:35.720 door on your foot. What is it you want. I hate to admit it but I'm looking for Bertram Kalmas. 10:35.720 --> 10:42.120 My husband. Good for him. Is he in. No but he will be any minute. And for the boss. This hat I believe 10:42.120 --> 10:48.760 is his. What blondes apartment did it turn up in. It was found in the gutter in Flatbush. Well Flatbush 10:48.760 --> 10:54.120 is a little out of his territory but the gutter sounds familiar. What's that stain all over it. 10:54.120 --> 11:00.680 Blood. Does your husband bleed a lot. Not recently we've been getting along. Are you from the police. 11:00.680 --> 11:11.560 I'm a detective. I'd hate to be selling brushes. I'd have slammed the door on your face. Oh wow 11:11.560 --> 11:17.960 then I made an impression. Let's just say you're waiting for a sacrifice to move you to second base. 11:17.960 --> 11:25.320 Won't you sit down. Thanks. What happens when I round third. That depends on your batting average. 11:25.320 --> 11:32.360 Diamond. Mrs. Kalmas. That's it. Now getting back to a very dull subject does this hat belong to your 11:32.360 --> 11:38.920 husband. I don't know it looks like one of his. Has it got any initials on the band. BK. When did 11:38.920 --> 11:43.640 you find it. I didn't the cab driver picked it up this morning. It isn't my husband's blood. 11:43.640 --> 11:48.120 That's about a half an hour ago to do some shopping and it was very bloodless. No cuts on his head. 11:48.120 --> 11:53.240 No cuts. He came in around two this morning. He's been drinking but he wasn't caught up. 11:53.240 --> 12:00.200 Oh there he is now. I hope he can discuss baseball. I got all the things you wanted in it. 12:00.200 --> 12:07.000 This is Mr. Diamond. He's a detective. Yeah. Well how are you. Fine Mr. Kalmas. Tell me is this 12:07.000 --> 12:14.680 your hat. My hat. Let me see it. Why no no it isn't. The hat store on Fifth Avenue says it's older 12:14.680 --> 12:19.320 to you. Well I can't help what they say. That's not my hat. Are you sure darling. It was found in a 12:19.320 --> 12:25.240 gutter. I don't care if they found it on a Yale man in the Harvard club. It's not mine. Well I guess 12:25.240 --> 12:32.280 I'll have to take your word for it. Wait. Wait. Isn't that blood on the hat. No. No goodbye Mrs. Kalmas. 12:32.280 --> 12:37.480 Mr. Kalmas nice meeting you both. I'll see you to the door. I can do it. I know you can dear. 12:37.480 --> 12:47.720 Coming Mr. Diamond. Sure. Goodbye. Back again. Well goodbye Mr. Kalmas. Where where can I call you. 12:47.720 --> 12:51.960 What. I can't explain now. Where can I call you in about a half an hour. My office. It's in the book. 12:51.960 --> 12:56.040 You'll hear from me but please please don't do anything until then. Okay half an hour. 12:56.040 --> 13:02.680 Then I go to the police with this hat. 13:14.040 --> 13:21.240 What. Mr. Diamond this is Bert Kalmas. Yeah. Yes I couldn't say anything to you in front of my wife. 13:21.240 --> 13:26.760 That is my hat. Well I thought so. Why did you deny it. Well I was out with a pal last night. 13:26.760 --> 13:30.920 There was a fight over a girl. I didn't want to mention it in front of my wife. How did the blood 13:30.920 --> 13:34.920 get on the hat. My friend got hit on the head and I loaned him my hat to cover up the wound. 13:34.920 --> 13:39.480 What was it doing in a gutter in Flatbush. I really don't know. My friend left with the girl and I went 13:39.480 --> 13:44.040 right home. Well who is this friend of yours. I think something may have happened to him. Well I 13:44.040 --> 13:47.400 called him this morning and he seemed very nervous about something and he asked me to come over. 13:47.400 --> 13:52.680 I'm in the lobby of this hotel right now. Ah he's probably just worried about the girl he picked up. 13:53.240 --> 13:57.000 As long as the blood on the hat was from a cut on his head I don't think there's too much to worry 13:57.000 --> 14:01.720 about. No no Mr. Diamond I think it's more than that. He's my employer and I know him pretty well. 14:01.720 --> 14:08.200 I do wish you'd come over. Well all right Mr. Kalmas what's the address. The Whitsett Hotel on East 54th Street. 14:08.200 --> 14:09.320 I'll meet you in the lobby. 14:09.320 --> 14:14.360 Don't ask me why I started getting that lousy feeling when all I had was a bloody hat a gun 14:14.360 --> 14:20.360 and a pretty good explanation for one of the items. But there it was that jammed up feeling in the pit 14:20.360 --> 14:25.480 of my stomach like I just swallowed a whole pineapple. Something was wrong and I wanted to 14:25.480 --> 14:30.920 find out what. So I hurried over to the Whitsett Hotel and met Kalmas in the lobby. I'm glad you 14:30.920 --> 14:34.920 came Mr. Diamond. I just put in a call to George's room and someone else answered. So what. 14:34.920 --> 14:39.480 Well the man asked a lot of questions like who I was and why I. What did I want with George and. 14:39.480 --> 14:43.800 Oh I take it George is your friend of last night. Yes George Watkins he's the president of the firm 14:43.800 --> 14:48.440 I work for. Well let's go up and someone starts asking questions like that on the phone it begins 14:48.440 --> 15:08.520 to sound like the police have moved in. Come on. Yeah no hello all Rick what are you doing here. 15:08.520 --> 15:13.240 Fair question I'll answer yours if you'll do the same for me I came up to see you Mr. George 15:13.240 --> 15:18.280 Watkins so did I what's the matter is George in some kind of trouble who is this guy who is a 15:18.280 --> 15:24.840 friend of Watkins works for him oh yeah well come on in. George George what's going on here you 15:24.840 --> 15:30.120 better let the lieutenant tell you Bert I can't think anymore what's the charge walk murder. 15:31.080 --> 15:34.840 Murder you got a call from a girl last night who said a man named George Watkins killed someone 15:34.840 --> 15:38.760 in her apartment and we got over there we found a girl dead too oh well you must have the right 15:38.760 --> 15:43.560 man inspector George Lieutenant and I'm sure you think George wouldn't but he just confessed. 15:44.280 --> 15:51.400 George yes Bert I killed the man but I didn't kill her the man came in and tried to strangle 15:51.400 --> 15:56.360 her she told me to get the gun in the drawer and when the man wouldn't let her go I shot him that 15:56.360 --> 16:00.200 isn't what the girl told us she said she took this gun home at this guy home after he'd been in a 16:00.200 --> 16:03.720 fight and when they got to her apartment he made a pass just as her boyfriend came in. 16:03.720 --> 16:08.200 Then Watkins shot him and ran out we figure he got excited and when he had time to think about it he 16:08.200 --> 16:13.080 went back and killed the only other witness I didn't kill the girl I never went back there at all I 16:13.080 --> 16:17.960 came straight here. Now Walt Mr. Calmas here was with him up until the time he left with the girl 16:17.960 --> 16:22.520 is that right Mr. Calmas why yes sir now there was a previous fight and Watkins got that cut on his 16:22.520 --> 16:28.280 head Mr. Calmas loaned him his hat to cover the wound that's right sir and uh oh by the way Walt 16:28.280 --> 16:32.360 what caliber was that? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't 16:32.360 --> 16:37.080 know. By the way Walt what caliber was the murder weapon? 38 but we haven't found the gun yet. 16:37.080 --> 16:41.800 Here check this one with ballistics. How'd you find this? Cab driver named Hennessy brought it into 16:41.800 --> 16:47.000 me this morning found it lying with a hat. Do you ever see this gun before Watkins? No I I told you 16:47.000 --> 16:52.360 I don't own a gun. Walt what time do you figure he killed the man and the girl? The coroner fixed the 16:52.360 --> 16:56.840 time of death about one o'clock this morning. How long were you at this girl's apartment Mr. Watkins? 16:56.840 --> 17:02.760 Why about five minutes before her boyfriend came in I shot him and left immediately. And you don't 17:02.760 --> 17:07.160 remember taking your hat or the gun? What are you getting at Rick? This is an open and shut case. 17:07.160 --> 17:10.200 He admits killing one of them but he won't admit the other killing because he knows it was 17:10.200 --> 17:14.920 premeditated. Oh just a hunch Walt just a hunch. Mr. Watkins would you mind telling me just what 17:14.920 --> 17:20.120 happened after the girl's boyfriend started choking him? Well I grabbed the gun out of the 17:20.120 --> 17:25.080 dresser near the kitchen and I shot him and the girl told me to get out that she'd take care of 17:25.080 --> 17:32.760 things so I dropped the gun and ran. Did you hear anything else anything unusual? No but yes now that 17:32.760 --> 17:39.000 you mention it I did hear something but it slipped my mind until now. What did you hear? Well I I 17:39.000 --> 17:44.760 don't know whether I can describe it or not. It sounded like someone had opened a bottle of flat 17:44.760 --> 17:50.360 champagne. What are you getting at Rick? Oh wait a minute Walt when did you hear this noise? Right 17:50.360 --> 17:55.160 after I shot the man. I remember wondering if someone hadn't opened a bottle in the kitchen. 17:55.160 --> 18:01.720 Is that where the noise came from? Ah yes I think so. All right if I go over and case the scene Walt. 18:01.720 --> 18:05.880 We've done that. Yeah but you weren't looking for something. Why don't you come with me Mr. 18:05.880 --> 18:11.160 Kalmas I'd like to talk with you. What's the address Walt? 16 West 113th Street. Now look 18:11.160 --> 18:14.760 don't worry too much George. I can handle the business and in the meantime I'll do everything 18:14.760 --> 18:19.880 to get you off. Thanks Bert. Now you wait a minute Rick if you think you know something. Walt. Yeah? 18:19.880 --> 18:21.400 Bye. 18:23.960 --> 18:28.280 Kalmas and I went downstairs and took a cab over to 16 West 113th Street. 18:29.080 --> 18:35.000 It was a middle class apartment house in Flatbush. A four story brownstone. I let Kalmas pay the 18:35.000 --> 18:39.800 fare and we went in. Now what are what floor it's on? Well should tell on the mailboxes. 18:41.400 --> 18:45.080 Yeah here it is Nan Phillips 206. Well let's go up. 18:45.080 --> 18:50.360 Oh uh what do you do for Mr. Watkins? I'm his vice president. That's why I took him out last night. 18:50.360 --> 18:55.480 I wanted to interest him in a new account. I just can't imagine him killing anyone but 18:55.960 --> 19:01.560 I guess people do funny things when they lose their heads. Now 206. Oh here it is. 19:04.840 --> 19:12.840 Yeah? Hello. Oh no. Good afternoon Sergeant Otis. What do you want Diamond? I want to stand out here 19:12.840 --> 19:17.640 in the hall and count the hairs in your five o'clock shadow. Now let us in. The lieutenant said it was 19:17.640 --> 19:24.600 all right. Okay comic. Mr. Kalmas meet Sergeant Otis. How are you? Hello Sergeant. Otis make like a 19:24.600 --> 19:28.840 policeman and point out the circumstances in this killing will you? Well I don't know why I should 19:28.840 --> 19:33.480 Chalmers but if the lieutenant sends you over I guess he'll have to. Two bodies was over there 19:33.480 --> 19:39.240 by the window. Lined pretty close together. The killer that Watkins fella was standing about here 19:39.240 --> 19:44.280 in the center of the room. With his back to the kitchen door. Yeah he shot them both from about here. 19:45.400 --> 19:49.880 Hey what are you looking for? Oh I like to get out on my hands and knees. It's cooler. And it won't 19:49.880 --> 19:55.720 do you no good to start looking for fancy clues. The guy already confessed. Well well well well. 19:55.720 --> 20:01.800 Hey what you got there? Just a wad. So you got some wadding from the murder gun. You better give it here. 20:01.800 --> 20:07.160 Sure but hang on to it Otis and be sure to give it to the lieutenant. Maybe you have another 20:07.160 --> 20:11.720 notice but murder guns don't throw this much wadding unless you can kill someone with a blank 20:11.720 --> 20:17.000 cartridge. Why? Don't let it throw you. Mr. Kalmas I've got some things to do. Can I drop you 20:17.000 --> 20:21.080 somewhere? Well no thanks now that Mr. Watkins can't take care of the office I better go down 20:21.080 --> 20:24.680 and check over some things but I'll keep in touch with you Mr. Diamond. You do that. Now wait a 20:24.680 --> 20:31.480 minute Diamond. Oh stop trying to figure it out Otis. You'll snap your wig. I was getting close to 20:31.480 --> 20:37.480 something. I wanted to tie the ends together before it caught up with me. I had a big fat hunch that 20:37.480 --> 20:41.960 Watkins had been framed good and the more I found out the more it looked like a killer was still 20:41.960 --> 20:49.080 loose. The whole setup had been screwy from the first. Why would a guy lose his hat and drop his 20:49.080 --> 20:55.160 gun in the same place? Or if he threw them both away why wouldn't he burn the hat and throw the 20:55.160 --> 21:01.560 gun in the river? Nobody's frightened enough to lay them side by side in the gutter. I learned a lot 21:01.560 --> 21:07.240 since this morning and I was certain of one thing. The killer tried to make it look good but he was 21:07.240 --> 21:13.320 an awful amateur. I knew something else too. Amateurs can be awfully mean sometimes when you 21:13.320 --> 21:18.840 corner them. I put in a call to Walt and told him what I had and then I asked him to give me half an 21:18.840 --> 21:25.000 hour and meet me at Mrs. Calmas's flat. I grabbed another cab and 20 minutes later I was sitting on 21:25.000 --> 21:31.880 a long couch next to Mrs. Calmas. It's easy to get that crowded feeling even on a long couch. 21:32.840 --> 21:35.480 You just both sit on the same cushion. 21:35.480 --> 21:48.120 Comfy. Oh yeah. What kind of perfume is that? My sin. Past or future tense? A rounding second. 21:49.880 --> 21:55.640 We brought you back, Mrs. Diamond. Oh I uh, I want to ask a couple of questions. 21:55.640 --> 22:01.560 Past or future tense? What time did your husband get in last night? I told you about two o'clock. 22:01.560 --> 22:07.640 Why? Do you know if he knows a girl named Nan Phillips? I really don't know. Oh no, 22:07.640 --> 22:12.040 I'm just a few more questions and then we'll get back to that perfume. I'll think of it. 22:12.040 --> 22:16.120 You said you'd been getting along with your husband. Would you mind explaining that? 22:16.120 --> 22:20.040 Certainly I like nice things and Nate and he's been buying them for me. What's your husband's 22:20.040 --> 22:25.800 salary? About 15,000 a year. Oh. Do they afford to buy you these things? He told me he was getting a 22:25.800 --> 22:32.040 raise and he'd gotten a big advance. What's this all about? Maybe I'd better tell you. Bert, 22:32.040 --> 22:37.720 I didn't hear you. I did. What are you doing with that gun? I'm going to use it. I found Mr. Diamond 22:37.720 --> 22:42.920 making passes at my wife and I shot him. Are you crazy? Don't ask him that. He's allowed to 22:42.920 --> 22:46.760 start thinking about it. You can't shoot me and get away with it, Kalmas. What are you gonna do 22:46.760 --> 22:52.440 with your wife? She won't back you up. No, no I guess she wouldn't. You know, I'm not going to 22:52.440 --> 22:58.280 back you up. No, no I guess she wouldn't. All right, both of you get up and walk downstairs to my car. 22:58.280 --> 23:02.280 Bert, what are you doing? Your husband killed two people last night, Mrs. Kalmas. Now he's 23:02.280 --> 23:05.880 going to try and cover because he guessed I knew how it was done. You're not going to kill me too. 23:05.880 --> 23:08.600 It's moving. Bert, please. Go on. Better do as he says. 23:11.000 --> 23:15.320 Why did you kill anyone, Bert? He wanted to frame his boss. I'll bet when the company 23:15.320 --> 23:19.560 checks they'll find out he's had his hand in the till. They won't find out, Mr. Diamond. 23:19.560 --> 23:24.680 With Mr. Watkins' book for murder, I'm next in line for president. I'll be able to fix the book so it 23:24.680 --> 23:28.200 will look like he took the money too. Is that where you got the money for all those things you've been 23:28.200 --> 23:33.080 buying from me? You shot the man and the girl from the kitchen with a silencer, didn't you, Bertram? 23:33.080 --> 23:37.560 That's right. I knew you were on to something when you discovered that wad from the blank cartridge. 23:37.560 --> 23:44.040 I was on to something a long time before that. Yeah? All right, come on. Over to that gray sedan and 23:44.040 --> 23:50.760 remember I've still got this gun in my pocket. Ah, you're an amateur, Bertram. Is that right? Sure. 23:50.760 --> 23:53.800 I knew you had something to do with it when we got over to the girl's apartment. 23:54.440 --> 23:58.680 I didn't know what floor it was on and you looked in the mailboxes. That's the best way to find an 23:58.680 --> 24:04.120 apartment, isn't it? Yeah, but not once at any time did anyone mention the dead girl's name. But you 24:04.120 --> 24:10.200 knew it and found it on the mailbox. All right, stop right here. Open the door, Gene, and get in first. 24:10.200 --> 24:18.200 The front seat. Bert, please. Get in. All right. Now you, Mr. Diamond, you're going to drive. 24:18.200 --> 24:21.240 You know, I left my license in my other suit. Stop stalling. 24:23.160 --> 24:27.560 I had to do something to stall for just a second because over Bertram's shoulder I spotted a prowl 24:27.560 --> 24:33.640 car sliding up to the curb and a good old Walt was climbing out. Uh, Bertram, would you mind 24:33.640 --> 24:39.080 answering just one question? What is it? The gun that Watkins thought he killed the man with was 24:39.080 --> 24:43.480 loaded with blanks, wasn't it? Sure. I killed the guy from the kitchen with a silencer. The whole 24:43.480 --> 24:48.200 thing was rigged, huh? The man and the girl were supposed to stage that fight and Watkins was 24:48.200 --> 24:53.480 supposed to shoot the guy with the dummy slug. You said one question. Now get in the car. All right, 24:53.480 --> 25:01.960 Thomas, don't move. What? Why, you... Just break... That was a close one. You're so right, Walt. Take 25:01.960 --> 25:06.840 his gun. I think you'll find it's the one that Watkins fired the blanks from. How is he? On his way. 25:06.840 --> 25:12.600 Hey, Bertram. I'll go call the wagon. Bertram. Yes. You want to tie the ends together? 25:15.400 --> 25:23.400 I paid the girl and the man to stage the fight. I told them I wanted to frame George 25:24.520 --> 25:30.680 and blackmail him. So you framed him with a double murder instead. Why? I've been stealing money 25:30.680 --> 25:38.680 from the company. How'd you know it was me? Well, knowing the girl's name for one thing, 25:38.680 --> 25:42.680 and your wife told me you'd gotten in about two. You told me over the phone you went straight home 25:42.680 --> 25:47.560 after the fight in the cafe. The killing took place about one. Watkins said he'd been at the girls for 25:47.560 --> 25:52.680 five minutes. About 15 to get to her place, so that meant you all left the cafe around 1230. 25:53.400 --> 25:57.480 It doesn't take an hour and a half to get... Hey, Bertram. What's the matter? 25:57.480 --> 26:05.320 Darling. I don't think Bert can hear you. Yeah. Well, it was a pretty dull story anyway. 26:20.920 --> 26:24.680 Well, the wagon got there and I briefed Walt on everything that had happened. 26:24.680 --> 26:30.200 They took Mrs. Kalmas home and released Watkins. It was a stinking hot afternoon and I needed 26:30.200 --> 26:36.600 something cool to bring me down to normal, so I headed for 975 Park Avenue. A tall lemonade 26:36.600 --> 26:46.520 with the mind of its own and a perversious redhead with the same gimmick. Yes. Oh, good afternoon, 26:46.520 --> 26:51.720 Mr. Diamond. Afternoon, Frances. Miss Asherin? Yes, sir. She's in the study reading. Thanks, 26:51.720 --> 26:55.880 Frances. Oh, how about something cool? Yes, sir. Right away, sir. 26:58.040 --> 27:04.360 Hi. Hi. Wow, you look cool enough. That's a nice getup. You like it? It's the newest thing. Yeah, 27:04.360 --> 27:10.360 I saw it in the magazine. What do you do if it shrinks? Oh, silly. No, no, I'm concerned. 27:10.360 --> 27:16.440 You might get raided. Don't you like it? Yes, ma'am. What do you think of me? Oh, you're adorable. 27:16.440 --> 27:22.200 Beautiful and you're cute. Hey, that sounds like a song. Mm-hmm. Come here. No, not nothing. It's 27:22.200 --> 27:27.560 cute. That's too hot. I'm rather cool. Well, I was only lukewarm until I spotted that play suit. 27:27.560 --> 27:37.320 Go on. A, you're adorable. Okay, but then I want to play. Get it? Play. Play suit. That was then. 27:37.320 --> 27:46.200 Oh, yeah, I didn't know. Go on. A, you're adorable. B, you're so beautiful. C, you're a cutie full of 27:46.200 --> 27:55.160 charm. D, you're a darling. And E, you're exciting. And F, you've got feathers on your... Oh, Rick. 27:55.160 --> 28:03.800 D, you look good to me. H, you're so heavenly. I, you're the one I hide all eyes. J, we're like Jack and 28:03.800 --> 28:11.480 Jill. K, you're so kissable. L, there's the love life in your eyes. Rick. Mm-hmm. Do you want me to finish? 28:11.480 --> 28:21.640 I love you. Oh, you're sweet. Come here. Mm-hmm. Just one moment, sir. Yes, Frances? I'm not going to 28:21.640 --> 28:30.040 be embarrassed again. Here's your lemonade. Oh, thank you, Frances. Oh, it's nothing, sir. A, 28:30.040 --> 28:46.040 you're adorable. B, you're so beautiful. You have just heard Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 28:46.040 --> 28:51.640 starring Dick Powell. Helen was played by Virginia Gregg, Lieutenant Levinson by Ed Begley. 28:51.640 --> 28:58.440 Also in our cast were Wilms Herbert, Byron Cain, Loreen Tuttle, Paul Fries, and Wally Mayer. Music 28:58.440 --> 29:03.480 was under the direction of Frank Worth. Richard Diamond is written by Blake Edwards and directed 29:03.480 --> 29:08.920 by William P. Rousseau. Now, this is Eddie King inviting you to be with us again at the same time 29:08.920 --> 29:14.360 next week when we will again bring you Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective. 29:14.360 --> 29:24.920 Thank you. 29:24.920 --> 29:45.000 This is NBC, the national broadcasting company.